Category Archives: Syndicated
World Bank debars Chinese electrical equipment firm over fraud on Zambia project
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank on Wednesday said China-based Liaoning-EFACEC Electrical Equipment Company Limited (LEEEC) would be ineligible to participate in bank-funded projects for 20 month...
May 06, 2020
FDA approves Novartis’ lung cancer treatment
(Reuters) - Novartis AG on Wednesday got U.S. approval for its drug Tabrecta, to treat patients with a form of lung cancer, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's website. The drug has b...
May 06, 2020
US money market assets increased in latest week: iMoneyNet
NEW YORK, May 6 (Reuters) - U.S. money market fund assets increased by $37.80 billion to $4.690 trillion in the week ended May 5, the Money Fund Report said on Wednesday. Taxable money market fund ass...
May 06, 2020
Steve Carell? Real U.S. Space Force chief wanted Bruce Willis to play him
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The real chief of the U.S. Space Force said on Wednesday he had hoped actor Bruce Willis would have played him on the upcoming Netflix show lampooning the milita...
May 06, 2020
Pentagon blasts FCC decision to approve Ligado spectrum plan
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department on Wednesday blasted a decision by the Federal Communications Commission last month to allow Ligado Networks to deploy a low-powe...
May 06, 2020
U.S. Senate approves Trump security nominee after nearly two-year hold
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved William Evanina, President Donald Trump's nominee for a top counterintelligence position, after he was blocked for almost two years over a ...
May 06, 2020
Nobelist Stiglitz, economists from 20 countries back Argentina in debt showdown
By Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A group of 138 economists from 20 countries, including Nobel laureates Joseph Stiglitz and Edmund S. Phelps, urged Argentina's bondholders on Wednesday to ta...
May 06, 2020
Retail foot traffic ticks up as states loosen rules: Unacast
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Foot traffic to U.S. retail locations ticked up last week as more states relaxed restrictions imposed to fight the spread of the coronavirus, according to ce...
May 06, 2020
The magic word for Detroit automakers is trucks
By Ben Klayman and Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic brought the U.S. auto industry to its knees, but Americans' love affair with beefy pickup trucks is helping the Detroit aut...
May 06, 2020
Embraer, airlines hire advisers to discuss government support, restructuring: sources
By Tatiana Bautzer and Carolina Mandl SAO PAULO (Reuters) - At least two Brazilian airlines and planemaker Embraer SA have hired investment banks to help with talks with state development bank BNDES f...
May 06, 2020
